2010 Los Angeles Film Festival: Official Film List

By Mike Everleth ⋅ May 17, 2010

The 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival is set to run June 17-27 in a brand new location. Oh, it’s still in L.A, but it’s moving across town, from Westwood — where it’s been held the past few years — all the way over to Downtown.

The main “hub” for the fest will be the new L.A. Live complex, but there will also be screenings at other locations, such as the Downtown Independent and REDCAT theaters. The city is really trying to build downtown up into a major arts and culture hub, so the festival moving there fits in with that agenda. Film Independent, the organization that runs LAFF, also runs the annual Independent Spirit Awards, an event that also moved downtown — from Santa Monica — this year.

On the Underground Film Journal, I tend to like to put up festival lineups that include days and times of screenings. However, since I’m not sure when that info will be ready, below is the full list of films that will be playing the festival sans their screening times. The list is broken up by the categories the films have been programmed into.

Then, All About Evil is a new horror spoof directed by Joshua Grannell. If Grannell’s name doesn’t sound familiar, you might recognize him by his alter ego, Peaches Christ, who founded and ran the San Francisco Underground Short Film Festival until the fest’s demise two years ago. All About Evil also co-stars underground staple Mink Stole, as well as Natasha Lyonne and Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson.

Also of underground interest is the short film Night Mayor by the legendary Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin, as well as Utopia in Four Movements, directed by the great documentarian Sam Green. Utopia will be screened with a live musical score and live narration spoken by Green himself.